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null - Ok click on that if you have a minute and tell me which you think would look cuter on me.... I am thinking of going super short......
Here are my fav's -
1. Charlize Theron
2. Lisa Rinna
3. Maggie Gyllenhall

I don't look good with longer hair, I just need to stop being lazy and go to the hairdresser more than 2 times a year.... ;) I need a style a really really love. I did love the last one, but if I am going to have short hair, I want it to be fast enough to do it 5 minutes!
Sorry - this is an annoying post, I know.... But I am just at a loss as to what to do!

Thanks Han!

So Tuesday night I picked up Hannah (2) and she kicked me under the kneecap with her awesome super hard and pointy dress up shoes. OUCH!!!! My knees are bad enough already and that is a SUPER sensitive spot that always hurts to touch anyway... So, I spent a while with ice on it that night and decided Wed a.m. that I could go ahead and walk on it. BAD idea - after 45 minutes on the treadmill it was throbbing so bad I had to stop - and after 2 hours with ice I still couldn't walk on it...
THEN I decided to still go walking with a friend Thursday morning (I don't get to see her nearly enough) and then go to Wal-Mart. By the time I got home my knee was toast. I am sooooo frustrated! I would give anything for a body that would let me do everything I want to! So... instead of my siper hard Friday workout that I look forward to all week I am laying on the couch with more ice.
Oh well, such is life! Hopefully I will be good enough to start again by Monday!

Just thinking....

After reading THIS post I did a lot of thinking.... Trainer Momma described my home growing up to a T - except that my Mom did NOT have stashes of candy anywhere - there was simply no candy in our home growing up. If we went to a cousin or friends house we would head straight for the candy bowl for a "fix". We didn't trick or treat either - so we got candy very rarely.... So here is what I have been thinking about - why do I not love candy so much that I can't be trusted around it? The Trainer Momma does - my brothers do.....
Here is what I came up with - as soon as I could cook my Mom would let me make cookies and such about anytime I wanted. So when I was stressed or just wanted something sweet I would bake! My outlet became cooking instead of treats. Although baked goods are still the hardest things for me to say no to, at least they satisfy more than a butterfinger I guess.
I loved baking oatmeal cookies, carrot cookies and whole wheat banana bread - some of the same things I still bake when I am stressed or craving sweets. What I am trying to figure out is if that is better or worse.... I have been known to eat an entire pan of Nutella Cheesecake brownies when I was depressed - I am sure a Snickers would have been better than that..... I usually am pretty good at self control, but for sure baked goods are the hardest things for me to deal with!

YAY!

The past 2 weeks I have eaten REALLY really well and have exersized at least 5 days each week!!! The week before that I only exersized 4 days - but because it had been so beautiful I was walking 6 miles in the morning and about 3 in the afternoon! I am actually feeling pretty great about how well I am doing lately and my motivation is high right now!
I have been trying out all kinds of yummy new recipes from Trainer Momma, Sara, Alisa and some awesome Vegan indian recipes that I have found! LOVE it! I am so ready to just go off Gluten but have to wait until after my celiac test... so just a few more weeks and I will find out about that! I do have to say though, that as a meat loving girl we have not had much of it the past few weeks - lots of beans, lentils, tofu etc and I have even MORE energy!
I am hoping to keep my motivation high!!! My goal is to work out 5-6 times a week through the end of December and then reevaluate how much more I should be doing at New Years! I am allowing myself "days off" for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thanksgiving is never a tough one for me and since we are doing it alone (i think) this year it should be easy to just make healthy foods! I don't like pie so that has never been a real challenge... Christmas however is another story. I am working soooo hard right now so that I will be in the right frame of mind when it gets here. If I feel good and am exersizing I know I won't let eating get out of control! Bring it on!

Yep - I have been a slacker - BIG time.... I have decided NO MORE EXCUSES!!! Yep, the kids are sick, I can still find 1/2- 1 hour to exercise at some point in the day. Dirty house/crazy day... I can find a way at some point to do it, I CAN! The problem is I simply got out of the habit over the summer with so much going on, but I am getting back in. I have been working out daily for the last 2 weeks, and it HAS made a big difference, I feel better about myself and I am simply a nicer Mom!
I have to say "Biggest Loser" is always such a huge motivation for me. Ok so a size 8 is not exactly biggest loser worthy, but it is also not where I want to be. I can do better.
Emma was talking with me tonight and saying that she can't wait till she gets bigger and we can share clothes. My first thought was that I better not get fat;) She is super skinny and tall so if I want to fit into the same dresses as her, I will have to keep working hard!
That is it, really! I am still alive and working on it and I have to say that after baby #4 it has been soooooo much harder. Baby #1 was soooo easy, same with #2. Baby #3 was a bit tougher and I still had 10 lbs to go when I got prego with #4 and this has felt nearly impossible... BUT - I KNOW I CAN do it, I can... I think I just need Jillian to move into my exercise room - if she was yelling at me I am sure I could be done really quick!

Mercy

There really is a reason for the post title... I spent the majority of my summer at the mercy of others. What I mean by that is, I had many camps and outings that I went on for church related things and though I could pack a few healthy snacks, I truly was at the mercy of what they were serving. Obviously I was able to control my portion sizes, but I had no control over what was being served. When you canoe and backpack in you can't exactly whip up a protein smoothie if there is too much fat content in the dinner (besides that, I was starving from swimming hiking etc so I wouldn't have probably cared anyway. I am not complaining - the camps etc were AWESOME and I had a great time... I knew my weight loss would still be there when summer was over;)
Anyhow, I came out pretty good - I lost a few pounds, though I did not lose as much as I had I had hoped at the beginning of summer. I had certainly hoped to be at my goal by now... oh well! I am pretty happy that I am firmly in my healthy range, and am going to start kicking the weight loss back into full gear! I am really looking forward to school starting again and having schedules and being home a bit more!

Truth vs Fiction

I LOOOOOVE THIS ARTICLE!!! Check it out and tell me what you think? Does it change your vision of yourself?